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A work placement provides students with the chance to step outside the classroom and gain first-hand experience of a particular job role or career sector.
This practical exposure can be extremely valuable when Year 10 students are considering their options for life after Year 11: beginning a sixth form or college course, undertaking an apprenticeship or beginning work with part-time study.
Have a watch of this video!
What can you get out of work experience?
Year 10 students have the opportunity to undertake a short work placement in June 2026. We hope that all students will make the most of this experience by finding, securing, and completing either a five-day placement with a single employer or a combination of one- or two-day placements with multiple employers.
The placement week will run from Monday 8 June to Friday 12 June 2026.
What's the process?
What's the process?
PLEASE READ: CareersBriefing Paper (Year 10 Work Experience)
This Q&A resource has information about the logistics of the Year 10 Work Experience programme.
Click here.
Potential Employers?
The school is very grateful to the hundreds of employers that offer to support our students.
Click here to see our list.
Perhaps they might offer a work placement this year?
Employer Guide to Work Experience
This document could be shared with employers so they know a little more about the process of offering work placements, and how the school will work with employers.
Click here.
Student Guide for Contacting Employers
Tips for content of speculative letters and emails; example letter and email; guidance on CV writing. Click here.
It is always worthwhile asking someone to proofread your words before sending them.
Student Guide to using the Unifrog Placement Tool
Once an employer has said 'Yes' to taking a student, the student needs to post placement information onto the Unifrog platform. Placements cannot be authorised if the details are not added to Unifrog.
Sign into Unifrog here using your school email address as your username.
If you need to reset your password, you can do that here.
The Student Guide to using the Unifrog Placement Tool offers step-by step guidance:
Click here to read the Unifrog Placement Tool guide.
Here's a video guide too.
You could also book an appointment here with Mr Fish to help you add the information to Unifrog.
What is the Unifrog Placement Tool?
Unifrog's online Placement Tool creates a link between four partners - the student, employer, parent/carer and school - in order to record, monitor and evaluate work placements. Everything is online and in one place to simplify the communication process.
This link summarises the Placement Tool process, including a little video: https://www.unifrog.org/help/unifrogs-placements-tool-faqs.
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